The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar, and editing by P. Sai Suresh.

Meanwhile, Rishi turns over a new leaf when one of his tasks ends up in a singer and dancer named Nandhini being blinded.

He saves her life, finances for her eye operation, and turns her protector, knowing fully well that she could identify him and the rest of the gang.

Devaraj, realising that his ministerial position is shaky, kidnaps Nandini, with Sathya's help and blackmails Rishi to kill the Chief Minister, but Velu goes in his place.

The scene where he tries to warn the security personnel about the assassination attempt, only to find that they too are part of the conspiracy is taken straight from a Die Hard 2 The movie ends rather abruptly, with Velu being shot, the Chief Minister's life being saved by Rishi and Devaraj getting arrested.

The film was initially titled Sri Ramajayam but ran into production trouble, before being relaunched and retitled as Rishi.

[7] Indiainfo wrote, "Sundar.C tries to shift track from comedy to action and Sarath kumar tries to be a James Bond.